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his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in

this book.

And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to

stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the

covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries

that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were

present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their God. And all

his days they departed not from following the Lord, the God of

their fathers.

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Josiah Keeps the Passover

Moreover, Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem : and

they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the

service of the house of the Lord,

and said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy

unto the Lord, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the

son of David king of Israel did build ; it shall not be a burden upon

your shoulders : serve now the Lord your God, and his people

Israel,

and prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your

courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and

according to the writing of Solomon his son :

and stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families

of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of

the families of the Levites.

So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your

brethren, that they may do according to the word of the Lord by

the hand of Moses.

¶ And Josiah gave to the people, of the flocks, lambs and kids, all

for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number

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